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Aug.'24, 1937. A. L r--reEEDLAmnslua` Re. 20,479' j BELT Original Filed April 16, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 AERA/IAM L AW8 24, 1937. A. L FREEDLANDER Re,` 20,479

BELT

Original Filed April 16, 1931 v 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Reissued Aug. 24, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT oFF-ICE BELT original No. 1,924,354,

dated August 29, 1933,`

Serial No. 530,537, April 16, 1931. Application for reissue April 1, 1935, Serial No. 14,141

10 Claims.

My invention relates to belts.

It is the object of my invention to provide a very rigid belt, lwhich is rigid against transverse and longitudinal compression and extension but in which the backbone or neutral axis of the belt lies in the single layer of cords of very large section which are maintained in parallel alignment and are wound upon the belt.

It is also within the scope of my invention to Wind the cord layer spirally on the belt, but

either the winding of the cord fabric or the independent cord may be employed.

It is my object to provide a belt with a straight laid Wrapper, that is, a wrapper in which the axis of one part of the threads is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the belt and the other threads at right angles thereto.

It isa further object to provide such a wrapped belt using straight laid fabric not only in the m wrapper but also in the belt itself that will be fully flexible, will not buckle, and will give all the advantages of` a bias-laid fabric but with a cheaper and more easily handled straight laid fabric particularly as a wrapper.

It is my object to provide low temperature vulcanization below the critical temperature of the fabric composing the belt to prevent burning of the fabric or deterioration thereof and to combine with such fabric a non-revertible rubber containing a very fast acceleration with a very low percentage of sulphur. o

I am thus enabled to get a rubber which, under heat, does not revert to a. sticky condition, a rubber in which a low temperature of vulcanization is possible so that the fabric is not injured during vulcanization, and a belt, which, because of its low modulus, non-revertible characteristics, will permit of the use of a straight laid wrapper or straight laid material composing a part of the belt.

It is a further object to provide a belt in which the very large cords constituting the neutral axis make it possible to provide sufficient structural strength in the compression and tension sectionsl Figure 3a is a section similar to Figure 3 showing the adjacent section of belt material as it .is cut in trapezoid form whereby the transverse reinforcing members are alternately above and below the neutral axis of the belt.

Figure 4 is a section on the line `4--4 of Figure Figure 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Figure Figure 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Figure 3;

Figure 7 is an elevation of the belt material wound on a drum showing the lines of severance of the belt material into individual belts, a portion of the belt material being broken away and shown in section;

Figure 8 is a top plan view of a straight laid wrapper belt employing the construction of this invention;

Figure 9 isv a side elevation thereof;

Figure 10 is a' section on the line III-Ill of Figure 8;

Figure 11 is a section on the line II-II of- Figure 10;

Figure l2 is a section on the line I2-I2 of Figure 10;

Figure 13 is a section on the line |3-l3 of Figure 10.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the belt is composed of a section which may be used either as a compression or tension section formed of rubber and ne fiber, as at I,y although rubber alone may be employed. I use non-revertible rubber secured by the employment of a very fast acceleration in combination with a very low percentatge of sulphur, that is, about three percent by weight of sulphur to the weight of rubber. I employ a cure of approximately 260 degrees, which is well below the critical temperature of the fabric, both in the belt and in the rubber. I employ the same type of rubber for impregnating the wrapper.

Wound either as a single cord or as a plurality of cords held together in alignment, I provide the cord elements 2 which are composed of a plurality of strands 3 forming relatively large heavy independent cord' members that are wound spirally parallel to one another on the rubber element I. If the cords compose a cord fabric held together by the. threads 4, then the fabric will be laid on the yrubber i with the cords 2 substantially parallel to the axis of the belt and parallel to one another. Thus. I form a belt composed of a plurality of homogeneous independent cord members. y I thus secure sui-licient strength transincident to having a plurality of layers of cords arranged longitudinally of the belt.

A layer of rubber covers these cords and is I 5 interspersed between them to form a resilient bed and friction absorbing medium for these large cords. I then lay two layers of transversely ar`- ranged cord membersv 6 and 1 on top of the rubber 5 and maintain these cord members in position by 10 the use of a rubber'impregnated straight laid fabric layer 8 vthat is as fully'resilient as the layer I.

It will be noted that the cords 2 are arranged centrally of the belt. It does not'make any diiTerence whether the structural members 6, 1, and `8 are above or below the neutral axis layerof cords 2. The rubber having the fiber as at I is of the same resiliency substantially .as the section composed of the layers 6, 1, and B.

'I'his material heretofore described is laid upon the supporting drum or mandrel 9. Due to the fact that theneutral axis 2 is equidistant from the top and bottom, I am enabled to cut the belt materialinto trapezoid sections as indicated in Figure 'l without waste of material.y

The extreme flexibility of the material makes it possible to utilize the belts no matter whether the section lis thelcompression or tension section, although I prefer to use the belt in the form shown in Figure 3, for instance.

After the belts have been cut, I provide a wrapper of cords Ill-I0 arranged transversely to the longitudinal axis of the belt, which cords are impregnated with a rubber skim of the same type of very soft, non-revertible, low modulus rubber heretofore referred to.

The cords so arranged permit of easy-flexing of the belt as it passes over short center drives of small pulleys, while,` at the same time, due to the cord structure, long life is given to the belt and suflicient transverse rigidity.

It is a. further advantage in that the cords provide large heat radiating members which transmit heat from the internal cord and fabric construction heretofore referred to. 'I'his heat is generated during operation in the usual vmanner and must be removed from `the belt as rapidly as possibleand effectively as possible in order to inparallel to the longitudinal axis and a part of theY cords run at right angles thereto.

This form of wrapper is cheaper and more easily handled than bias-laid fabric and will be fully fiexibley without buckling when used with my combination ofI a very flexible neutral axis section so far as transverse bending is concerned,

but laterally incompressible and longitudinally inextensible.

By use of the low modulus non-revertible rubber, I secure a very soft and iiexible belt which permits of the use of these wrappers which hitherto have been unsuccessful.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as may be necessary to adapt it to varying conditions and uses.

v Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In combination, a belt comprising a rubber compression section, a neutral axis section composed of a relatively large wound cord arranged in a single layer on the compression section, a layer of transverse cords on the neutral axis, and a layer of straight laid fabric on the transverse cords.

2; In combination, a belt comprising a rubber ycompression section, a neutral axis section composed of a relatively large Wound cord arranged in a single layer on the compression section, a layer of transverse cords on the neutral axis, a layer of straight' laid fabric on the transverse cords, and a wrapper forl said belt comprising cords arranged transversely of the longitudinal axis of the belt, said cords being impregnated with rubber. Y l

3. In combination, a belt comprising a rubber compression section, a neutral axis sectiony composed ofa relatively large wound cord arranged in a single layer on the compression section, a

layer of transverse cords on the `neutral axis, a

layer of straight laid fabric on the transverse cords, and a wrapper for said belt comprising straight laid fabric impregnated withy rubber.

4. In combination in a belt of a compression section composed of fibers and rubber, a single cord Wound thereon of relatively large section comprising a plurality of woven strands, a plurality of superimposed, transverselyarranged cord layers on the Wound cord, a rubber impregnated layer of straight laid fabric on the cord layers, and a Wrapper for the belt of rubber impregnated cords arranged transversely of the longitudinal axis of the belt.

5. A V-shaped` power beltl having an inextensible neutral axis member including spaced parallel longitudinal cords and a member comprising a layer of transverse cords to oneside of the neutral axis member.

6. A V-shaped power belt having an inextensible neutral axis member composed of longitudinally extending cords and a member to one side of the neutral axis, said member comprising horizontally disposed, transversely arranged cord members.

7. A V-shaped power belt having an inextensible neutral axis formed of a plurality of longitudinally arranged, inextensible neutral axis cords xand transversely arranged means arranged'to one side but adjacent to the neutral axis comprising horizontally disposed, transversely arranged cord members.

8. A V-shaped power belt having tension, compression and neutral axis zones, said neutral axis zone comprising a plurality of parallel cords, and means comprising a section composed of a plurality of transversely arranged, parallel cords displaced vertically' from the neutral axis, but to one side thereof arranged parallel with the surface of the cords in the neutral axis.

9. A V-shaped power belt having an inextenv sible neutral axis' formed of a plurality of longitudinally arranged, inextensible neutral axis cords; transversely arranged means arranged to one side but adjacent to the neutral axis comprising horizontally disposed, transversely arranged cord members; and a Wrapper.

10. A V-shaped power belt having tension, compression and neutral axis zones, said neutral axis zone comprising a plurality of parallel cords; means comprising a section composed of a plurality of transversely arranged, parallel cords displaced vertically' from the neutral axis but to one side thereof, arranged parallel with the surface of` the cords in the neutralaxls; anda wrapper.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN FREEDLANDER. 

